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Claire Cope: Every Journey
by Angelo Leonardi
Leader di questo progetto è la pianista e compositrice britannica Claire Cope, che ha debuttato cinque anni fa con l'album Small World. Il suo organico ha acquisito un respiro orchestrale passando da sette a undici componenti (con nuovi ottoni e ance) e sostituendo alcuni membri originari. La conferma più significativa è quella della vocalist Brigitte Beraha, che contribuisce a mantenere l'identità stilistica della formazione, anche se il merito principale è ovviamente dovuto alle composizioni e agli arrangiamenti della ...
Continue ReadingTim Boniface: Psalter: Themes for Peace
by Neil Duggan
Tim Boniface is a jazz saxophonist and composer. He is also an ordained priest in the Church of England and Chaplain at Girton College, University of Cambridge. As Artistic Director of Girton Jazz, his work involves organising concerts and workshops at the college. In addition, he leads his own ensembles and collaborates with many renowned jazz musicians on the UK scene. Psalter: Themes For Peace bridges the worlds of jazz and deep spirituality in an unexpectedly accessible way. ...
Continue ReadingClaire Cope: Every Journey
by Dan McClenaghan
Consider British pianist, composer/ bandleader Claire Cope. She debuted as a fully formed artist via her excellent septet set Small World (Self Produced, 2020), a deftly crafted classical/jazz hybrid. On her second recording, the album at hand, Every Journey, she employs an eleven-piece ensemble, building on the atmosphere of her debut, painting translucent layerings and weaving a loose net of textures into gorgeous, expansive soundscapes. With composer-bandleader Maria Schneider as a major touchstone, Cope creates luminous arrangements. She cites Schneider's ...
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From: Every JourneyBy Jon Ormston
Small World
From: Small WorldBy Jon Ormston
Travelling Again
From: Small WorldBy Jon Ormston
